Introduction to Scratch Programming Vocabulary Quiz Practice

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assigning starting characteristics (positions, values, looks) to all of the elements (sprites, backdrops, variables) in your program

• block categories

• stage

• initialization

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script

• an object on a computer screen that has images, can move around, and has its own programming instructions

• a sequence of instruction blocks (algorithm)

• - a graphics image that belongs to the stage in a Scratch project. The stage can have many backdrops.

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pseudocode

• an algorithm written in natural language rather than a programming language

• a code instruction that can be snapped together with other blocks to form scripts (algorithms)

• the area in the interface where all scripts are placed

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 the language that programmers create and use to tell a computer what to do

• script

• code

• backdrop

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sprite

• the set of all code blocks you can use in Scratch, organized by category

• assigning starting characteristics (positions, values, looks) to all of the elements (sprites, backdrops, variables) in your program

• an object on a computer screen that has images, can move around, and has its own programming instructions

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 the programmable background of a Scratch project

• stage

• sprite

• scripting area

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block

•  a graphics image that belongs to the stage in a Scratch project. The stage can have many backdrops.

• a code instruction that can be snapped together with other blocks to form scripts (algorithms)

• an algorithm written in natural language rather than a programming language

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 the area in the interface where all scripts are placed

• stage

• backdrop

• scripting area

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the set of all code blocks you can use in Scratch, organized by category

• initialization

• block categories

• code

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backdrop

• a graphics image that belongs to the stage in a Scratch project. The stage can have many backdrops.

• the programmable background of a Scratch project

• the area in the interface where all scripts are placed